What does health have to do with Real Estate? Eastern medicine versus western medicine...does it really have to be a choice? One of our favorite health gurus, who is also in the real estate profession and knows what he is talking about, takes us on a journey to a healthier self.

Listen in and find out what metabolic assessment is and why we should all have it done.

Re-forming Summative Assessments: Blurring the line between learning and testing

We will explore the following questions:

What does a learning environment look like where learning and assessment are seamlessly integrated? What are the benefits and issues with this approach? Does this require technology or are there strategies that transcend the use of technology? How does this integration fit in a world of high stakes assessment? How can a content developer take advantage of this strategy to improve their existing and new products?

Chris W. Gallagher (Writing Program director and Professor of English at Northeastern University in Boston, and Eric D. Turley (English teacher at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Kirkwood, MO,, coauthors of the NCTE Book Our Better Judgment ;focused on how teachers in schools are “taking the reins of writing assessment, guiding and improving the writing and literacy practices of their students

The Ebola virus is proving to be the deadliest microbe and most complex pathogen in recent history, specifically because Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) spreads within the context of social norms, such as embracing, or touching while caring for an infected carrier or contaminated environment. The alarmist nature of the American tabloids and cable news is causing anxiety and spreading fear and misinformation about the EVD. Health-care costs and illness from the effects of the disease contribute relatively little to its economic impact, according to a World Bank report. Rather, eighty to ninety per cent of the economic effects...

Leveraging the Computer Lab to Prepare Students for Online Assessments. How important is this these days??? Zion IL, Elementary District 6 Director of Instructional Technology, Tony DeMonte. Thank you Learning.Com for finding Tony for me.

Well, here we are at the midway point of 2014. Have you been assessing your accomplishments for the year so far? Or are you frustrated that you haven't made as much progress with your plans, your ideas or the changes you wanted to make?

Today is a good day to stop and assess where you stand. Did you overcome any obstacles or did they stop you completely in your tracks? Did you make a plan and accomplish any forward steps, or are you still stuck at the starting point?

It's important to make progress, but it all goes back to the two most important things in this process: (1) You must figure out what it is that you really want. No one can do that for you; and (2) You have to keep moving forward; making progress toward your vision.

Join Teresa Beeman this morning for 30 minutes of discussion on a "Mid-Year Assessment: Empowered or Stuck?"

This show is brought to you by the Center for Empowered Women. It can be heard every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 am Eastern time.

LAST WEEK WE HAD A TECHNICAL GLITCH HALFWAY THROUGH, SO WE HAVE INVITED SCOTT FILKINS AND CATHY FLEISCHER . BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE NCTE POSITION ON ASSESSMENT. tWAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING IT .

The alarmist nature of the American tabloids and cable news is causing anxiety and spreading fear and misinformation about the EVD. Health-?care costs and illness from the effects of the disease contribute relatively little to its economic impact, according to a World Bank report. Rather, eighty to ninety per cent of the economic effects are due to the “fear factor,” which shuts down transportation systems, including ports and airports, and keeps people away from their jobs.

Fear factor about the possible spread of Ebola Virus Diseases within America copulated with the exponential increment in official reported numbers of fatalities in Africa is causing great shift in public perception and law makers’ different responses to the situation across the board